| When it comes to web design, there are some | | | | be minimal. Once you realize this is happening, you are |
| amazing designers out there. Most web designers are | | | | going to have to hire someone with SEO knowledge |
| very creative and have a strong artistic background. | | | | to fix your layout. Therefore, you may end up paying |
| They are able to use their artistic talents to create | | | | double for something that should have been done the |
| layouts that are guaranteed to catch the eye of your | | | | first time around. Whether you are a web designer or |
| visitors. Unfortunately, there is one major thing that | | | | someone getting ready to hire a web designer, here |
| most web designers are missing. The majority of web | | | | are three traits of quality SEO web design: |
| designers are not familiar with the concepts and | | | | Usability: As a general rule of thumb, if the design of a |
| implementation of search engine optimization | | | | web site makes it easy for your human visitors to |
| techniques. Even if a web designer has at least some | | | | navigate, it will also be relatively easy for search |
| basic knowledge of SEO, the majority do not worry | | | | engine robots to access, crawl and index your web |
| about implementing search engine optimization | | | | site. Making your site user (and search engine) friendly |
| strategies into their designs. | | | | includes minimizing (or completely eliminating) things |
| While this may seem like a trivial detail, it can actually | | | | such as Flash, Javascript navigation and layouts |
| be the root of some major problems. No matter how | | | | designed with tables. By designing with usability in mind, |
| attractive your web site is, if it is not indexed by the | | | | you can be sure that your visitors and the search |
| major search engines, the traffic it receives is going to | | | | engines will be happy with your web site. |